C21 The Tea Was Not Bad

The story unfolds on a wintry day.

Zhang Cheng, at that time a cripple reliant on a walking stick, found a white-bearded old man collapsed at his doorstep. Moved by compassion, he summoned his father to revive the stranger. To their astonishment, the elderly man was a roving healer of legendary skill, who had vowed to forsake his practice. Yet, in gratitude